Prisoners
No
The first Tour de France took place in 1903.
no, it takes part in different countries, but the majority of the tour is in France
No. You have to be a part of a team to be allowed to race in the Tour de France
Tour de France
The first Tour de France took place in 1903. It was not held during the World Wars, and the Tour 2014 is the 101st of the race since the beginning. The first Tour was won by Maurice Garin.
"Tour de" basically means "tour of". So tour de France = tour of France.
It took place from July 3 to July 29, 1934.
The Tour de France, the cycling race, just means tour of France, tour meaning race in this instance. So called because it goes around France.
Tours, which is pronounced Tour, is a city in France.
Le tour de France
First condition in order to participate in Tour de France, you will have to be part of a Pro Tour team (UCI licensed) or a team that recives a wildcard invitation from the organisation. Second condition is that you must be selected as one of the 9 riders of the team. For De Hoog it will be necessary to be part of a Pro Tour team. Then there are chances to participate in Le Tour.